Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BRIEF PEDIGREE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: My mother was a mare Last Line: Some other families die out. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Asses & Mules | ||||||||
My mother was a Mare; My father was, alas, (It pains me to declare), A veritable Ass. With rare exceptions, as a rule, There're no descendants from a Mule -- The simple reason why, no doubt, Some other families die out. | Other Poems of Interest...THE DONKEY by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON ADVICE TO A LADY [IN AUTUMN] by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE MAGGOTS OF FLATTERY by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680) THREE EPISTLES TO G. LLOYD ON A PASSAGE FROM HOMER'S ILIAD: 1 by JOHN BYROM AN EPIGRAM ON JOHN MARSTON by JOSEPH HALL HORSE AND ASS by HEINRICH HEINE LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 16 by HEINRICH HEINE THE TRAINED ASS by FRANCIS JAMMES |
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